[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

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Link to previous New York Times thread

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[Antihero101607]

Damn! I hope he’ll be ok!

[DiogenesLamp]

If he had been shot before the war started, it would have saved nearly a million lives.

[Macho MAGA Man]

Wow! Lincoln’s assassination is on the same date the Titanic sank.

[Greg123456]

I bet he was already dead by the time the story was written, but the editors decided not to “shock the readers”.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[mass55th]

Also Titanic sinking anniversary April 14-15, 1912.